Darbe nagrinėjamas komitologijos sistemos veikimas, analizuojami komitologija reglamentuojantys teisės aktai, komitologijos sprendimu priėmimo mechanizmai. Komitologijos komitetai atribojami nuo kitų Europos Sąjungos komitetų ir išskiriami komitetai, įtakojantys Europos Sąjungos muitų politiką. Taip pat apžvelgiamas Lietuvos atstovavimas komitologijos komitetuose ir komitologijos komitetų veiklos ateities perspektyvos. Komitologijos sistema yra grindžiama Europos Bendrijos steigimo sutarties 202 straipsniu, kuris numato, kad Taryba, priimdama teisės aktus, suteikia Komisijai įgaliojimus įgyvendinti jos nustatytas taisykles, tačiau tokiems įgaliojimams vykdyti Taryba gali nustatyti tam tikrus reikalavimus. Minėti reikalavimai ir sudaro komitologijos teisinį pagrindą: šalys narės komitologijos komitetuose prižiūri, kaip Komisija įgyvendina Tarybos ir Parlamento nustatytas taisykles. / The operation of the system of comitology is researched in the Paper. Its legal basis and decision making procedure are analyzed, comitology committees are distinguished from the rest of the committees of the Union and stress is laid upon the the ones, having the major influence on the Union’s Customs Policy. Likewise, a review of Lithuanian representation in the comitology committees is delivered and the future perspectives of these committees are anticipated. Comitology system is based on Art. 202 of the EC Treaty, providing that the Council in the legislative process shall confer on the Commission, in the acts which the Council adopts, powers for the implementation of the rules which the Council lays down. These rules constitute the legal basis for comitology: through the comitology committees Member States are supervising the way Commission is implementing the rules laid down by the Council and the Parliament. The very first comitology committees were established in 1962. They operated in the field of agriculture and adopted decisions under the management procedure. In 1968 comitology committees, with the power to adopt decisions under regulation procedure were established in the areas of customs and (later) agriculture. It is noteworthy, that the year of 1968 was not an accidental one for establishment of comitology committees conferred with the power to make decisions under the regulation procedure in the field of customs. It was the year of 1968 that the Customs Union... [to full text]